Footings and minis picture

June 13

The septic arrived and the driver had it in the ground in no time at all.  We picked up the large blue roll of 500 feet of water line.  Water line will go from the well down to the house . Then, we will have another line from a junction run out to the barn for water there.

This week has been busy, but very exciting to see such progress.

The block layers will be here Monday to lay the foundation for the addition.    While all this is going on the minis are in their new electric fence pasture.  They are in one area and the front and back yards are electrified to keep the two big horses out.

Trenches Everywhere!

June 9 - 11

What a busy week.  Monday started with both of us seeing the doctor.  Joe for a spider bite that was causing the skin to sluff off and look like a cigaret burn.  He got antibiotics and is doing better.  I have bronchitis so got antibiotics also.  

It seems like a few major projects are getting done on the house.   We had trenches for water, power,  and footings for the addition dug.  There are trenches everywhere in the beautiful lawn!  Out back is a 7 foot hole for the septic . 

 June 12

The footings for the addition foundation were poured today.  It is nice to begin to get a feel for the actual size of the addition instead of little orange markers in the lawn representing corners.

The water trenches were finished today and some of the old pipe into the house was cut out.  Entergy has to come run the underground wires from the pole in the yard to the house sometime next week.

 

Last window

    Friday
 We just finished the last window and were setting the mud room door when the rain started pouring.  Talk about just getting done in the nick of time.
      I have been drilling holes for the electrical Romax to go through.  We have to get a longer bit so I can drill through 3 and 4 baring studs nailed together.  My old drill bit barely went through 2 studs.   
            South end of the old house

More windows installed!

Thursday, June 5

      Hooray !  We have only one window and one mud room door left to put in the  remodel.  Oops,  I have not counted the big door going in the fireplace room that we are leaving open until the addition is finished so we can haul materials in and out.  We are just waiting for the rain to let up long enough to replace the Tyvek where the window is going in the fireplace room.
        We are going to the airport Friday about noon to see Callie off for her Teen Mission boot camp in Florida.  From there she goes to on to Tanzania, Africa for  6 weeks.  I know Leslie will have a hard time not being able to talk with Callie but once or twice in 8 weeks!

Patio door, bathroom window, guest room

Mud room, master bath, two bedroom windows

OMG It's National Lampoon's Vacation

    Oh My Gosh!   I thought we were seeing a scene out of National Lampoon's Vacation.  Remember when the dog was tied to the bumper?  Well, we were driving towards Harrison when we saw an old man driving a 4 wheeler on the side of the road.  I could see a red dog leash attached to something brown that was bobbing in the grass.  I was going to tell Joe to pull over so I could tell the old man his dog wasn't keeping up!  We got up next to him and low and behold he was dragging a dead deer.  So glad I didn't flag him down.  Still weird seeing the old man dragging a dead deer alongside the road.

 

Gardens

Monday, June 2

      Leslie and Bill put in their garden a few months ago and all the vegetables are really growing.  Glad we get to be on the dinner list when they start harvesting.

Seeley Garden

      Joe and I started planting our little garden two weeks ago.  We started with 15 tomato plants.  Well.... Our garden has doubled.  We now have okra, eggplant, a few more tomato plants, squash, zucchini, and 4 types of watermelon s.  I think we must have about 20 watermelon plants.  I was going to plant the 20 melon plants and also put in carrot seeds, beans and sugar peas today.  I was out planting when a light rain started falling so I decided to get a few more plants in until the first flash of lightning and crack of thunder.  I made it to the porch just before the torrential rain hit.  It rained so hard we could not see beyond the barn! I hope my little plants weren't beat to death.  I'll check when I get back to the place tonight.  Hopefully I will get in the rest of the plants tomorrow.

     

                                                                  15 tomato plants

      

       We did notice some rain coming in under the roof cap in 3 places so Joe ordered a new wider roof cap that will prevent rain from blowing in.   Good to find the problem now before the insulation and drywall are in! New cap will be here Tuesday.

   

Babysitting

Saturday, May 31

    Doug and Misti were at Denton Ferry RV Park for the weekend.  They wanted to go on a float trip down part of the Buffalo River so I said I would watch Jack and Evan for the day.  Jack is 28 mo old and Evan is 9 mo old.   With that kind of energy to watch, I asked Meghan to help me with the boys. Callie and Emilee also volunteered to help with the boys.  We brought the boys back to Leslie's house, then took them down to the lake to play in the swim area. Both boys loved the water.  It was fun being able to play in the water with Jack and Meghan . Callie held Evan so his feet could kick in the water. The boys were so good, but it took Meghan, Callie, and me to keep up with them.
 I think everyone had a good day.
 Needless to say, nothing got done on the house on Saturday.